Friends with other three-year-olds keep asking me, "Is Collins acting three?!?". I ask what their three looks like, and yep, it looks like ours....
1) It's being independent (and opinionated)...
Look closely at Collins's "do". She came out of quiet time one day and exclaimed, "I fixed my own hair! Do not take it out!". She put approxiately eight colorful bows/clips on the crown of her head and marched confidently out the door. She claims she can do the monkey bars on her own, can get out her own snack, and pick out her own outfit every morning. I have to choose my battles very carefully!
2) It's testing limits (and having meltdowns when you don't get what you want)...
This happens throughout the day and it's a fun little exercise to see how far she can push Mom before she blows. :) "Mom- can I have a cookie for breakfast?", "Mom- can I push Addie in her swing REALLY high?", "Mom- I am NOT taking a bath tonight!".
She has run off from us (and at school from her teachers) a couple of times recently. When we chase her down, she laughs. I know she's just testing us, but it is really terrifying.
The meltdowns are happening more often (last week we had five in one day!), and it is driving me to excessive chocolate eating. If anyone has any words of wisdom, I will take them!
3) It's being funny and silly...
Collins says the funniest things now. You never know what is going to come out of her mouth, but you know it's going to be good. The other day she was wearing her shirt that says "Best Sister Ever". My friend asked her if she was indeed the best sister ever, and she said, "No, my shirt just says that." And then yesterday she and I had similar outfits on for church, and she looked at me and exclaimed, "twinsies!". :)
She also is going through a silly phase where she likes to make silly faces and make up silly words and sounds. She cracks herself up!
4) It's being really smart...
It didn't take her long to figure out how to use the trampoline in more interesting ways than jumping. She also used the words "participation" and "dilemna" in sentences last week. She remembers all the words to her "Pinkalicious" books. She asks me questions about everything she sees, and when I answer her honestly, you can just see her mind processing the new information. And she misses nothing! Don't try to sneak a word or thought or food item past her- she will call you out on it!
5) And it's being imaginative...
All day long, we are pretending to be someone: baby/mama, princess/queen, nurse/doctor, etc. And we are constantly being chased by (daddy) dinasaurs or dragons. Her mind is always going somewhere fun and interesting. I love that about this age!
All in all, three is both frustrating and fabulous!
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